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Liangqing (monk)

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Liangqing (良卿法师)
TitleAbbot
Personal
Born1896
Died12 July 1966(1966-07-12) (aged 69–70)
Famen Temple, Famen town, Fufeng County, Shaanxi, China
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityChinese
OccupationMonk
Cause of deathBurns from self-immolation

Liangqing (法师) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and abbot of Famen Temple (Chinese: 法门; pinyin: Fǎmén Sì).

At the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, a campaign was introduced to destroy the Four Olds. As Buddhist sites and temples were widely targeted during this campaign, Liangqing's Famen Temple was a major target for destruction. Hundreds of Red Guards were sent to destroy the Famen Temple.[1] Due to this imposing threat, Liangqing, the temple's Abbot, chose an act of self-immolation to protect the temple and contents from destruction.[2][3] Although the contents of the temple were all smashed by the Red Guard, Liangqing's self-sacrifice was successful as the temple's True Relic Pagoda and its relic of the Buddha were both saved from destruction.

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ china.org.cn: China-s Buddhist Mecca (archived)
  3. ^ thetibetpost.com: Chinese Author Hu Ping Analyses Tibet Self-Immolation Actions Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine